# NTSB GAA25WA005: Cessna 404, N404EC, Les Cayes, Haiti, October 3, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 3, 2024, 16:03 local (16:03 UTC)
- Place: Les Cayes, Haiti
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195258/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA005

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 404, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2075901), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N404EC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N404EC), registered now, S/N 404-0646 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404
- Registry model: [Cessna 404](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (registry code 2075901) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 404-0646
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Sarah Express Airways LLC
- Registered owner: Sarah Express Airways LLC
- Airport: MTPP

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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